Pro v. antigun count

Posted by David Hardy · 8 November 2006 09:04 AM

At the Volokh Conspiracy, Dave Kopel has an early-evening count of the electon impact on gun issues. Net result: a tiny loss in the Senate (1.25 votes), a larger but not disasterous loss in the House (14 votes). It's interesting how many major races involved essentially a pro-gun and anti-war Demo vs. a pro-gun and pro-war Republican. (Virginia and TN being clear examples, with the Demos running conservative, pro-gun types who are Demo in little more than oppositon to the war in Iraq).

You all know as well as I do that the democrat leadership is eventually going to attempt to run their gun control playbook one play at a time regardless of what a few dissenters in their party might think.
They will probably be assisted by the inaction or outright support of a few Republicans who don't give the 2A much thought.

The newly elected dems probably want to avoid gun control legislation like the plague if they have any brains. On the other hand, the entrenched anti-gunners in the dem party who have no fear of losing their seats may be unable to restrain themselves from pushing their agenda even harder than before, now that they have leadership positions. It will make for some hard choices for the freshmen.

The big difference between then and now is that they have control of congress. In my opinion it is wishful thinking to believe they aren't going to move on their core issues now that they are in that position, and their party leadership is full of gun control advocates.

What Dave said. You have to look and see who is IN CHARGE of the Democratic Party. To those in charge, gun control is still in their bag of tricks. Yes, most of the newly-minted Democratic Representatives and Senators were NOT gun control advocates, but just how far do you think that they will put their backs up against the leaders in their own party when said leaders decide it's time to get back on the gun control wagon?

Short answer, they won't resist.

For you and I, finish your wish list of weapons, prioritizing those most likely to be banned first, and include ALL the high-cap magazines you will ever need for anything you own or will own. Buy those VERY SOON.

There is upward pressure on prices NOW, and there will be downward pressure on supply SOON.